Strapped to the mast with a Siren in my ear
(must have been a lubber, must have been a rubber lubber)
Three jackdaws and a bottle of beer, oh no !
(must have been a lubber, must have been a rubber lubber)
Swallowed whole by a jealous whale, oh no !
(must have been a lubber, must have been a rubber lubber)
Drowned my skipper in a half-full kitchen pail
(must have been a lubber, must have been a rubber)

And it's hey for a life on the ocean blue,
Sixteen months since I last saw you,
nothing to see and nothing to do,
rolling home

We made land fall in Lush Ulan Bator
Killed a pigmy with a bent guitar, oh no !
Bought my wife with a bag of beans, oh no !
Took to the road with a German netball team

And it's hey for a life on the ocean blue,
Sixteen months since I last saw you,
nothing to see and nothing to do,
rolling home

Three black stars in the southern sky to guide me, guide me
Waiting for Leviathan to find me, hide me, hide me

A bath house madam in Lush Ulan Bator
Made her home in the back of my car, oh no !
Tried to call you on the telephone, oh no !
Wrote you a letter with a stolen Tuvan bone

And it's hey for a life on the ocean blue,
Sixteen months since I last saw you,
nothing to see and nothing to do,
rolling home

Back to the Land of the Living and a fine black cat
What's your mother think about it?

Why don't you tell me that romance is never over?